Lennyman buys Another great 4x4

Advantages: Great all-round performance, style and gadgets
Disadvantages: The SWB version is too small for shopping at Tesco's

...Avid reader.... You will of course know my style by now, and understand that I get a little overenthusiastic about the toys that I buy. However... This time I waited a while before writing my review, but can still say that this IS a FANTASTIC car! Let's start with why you should buy the Imported Pajero rather than it's English cousin the Shogun... First you have to understand *why* there are so many Pajero's in the UK. This started back in the early nineties when the only decent 4x4's you could get were imports (other than Land Rover/Range Rover's), and normally an imported car would need 'conversion' to the UK (e.g. Swapping over of the steering wheel to the correct side etc.) This is not the case with a Pajero, as the Japanese drive on the same side of the road as us! The only changes that need to be made are; Indicator lights...

LennyMan 29.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Mitsubishi Pajero 4x4 Import

Save The 4x4 - It's As Important As A Whale!

Advantages: 4x4 Vehicles Are As Needed By Some As Smart Cars Are By Others
Disadvantages: Needless Government Taxation

...Hi, my name's Mark and I'm a four-by-four driver. [Cue: round of applause] Phew, I'm glad I've got that off my chest. I mean, it's difficult these days driving around in a car that causes everybody to hate you. It makes you feel like a pariah. Thanks to the government, mentioning that they were going to tax so-called Chelsea Tractors off the road, the media have gone into an anti-4x4 frenzy and now it seems that owning such a vehicle is as socially unacceptable as running naked down the middle of the high street. Let's examine this for a moment. What is it that Range Rovers, Jeeps, Toyota Land Cruisers - and the plethora of other off-road vehicles that make up this category - are doing that makes them so despised? After all, they take up less space on the road than your everyday Rolls Royce and the boss's BMW 7-series is quite...

markd_uk 16.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Should 4x4 Cars Be Banned?

Good Value for money 4x4

Advantages: Price, Standard equipment
Disadvantages: Plasticky interior

...I bought a Hyundai Tucson 2 weeks ago and have found it very good value for money. I've got the 2.0 CRTD CDX version and it is packed with features. Inside, there are heated front seats, cup holders front and rear, and loads of little handy storage pockets. It even has an under-seat storage tray under the front passenger seat. The music system is an RDS/CD player. There's also a very easy to use climate control which allows you to set the inside temperature and then just concentrate on your driving. The standard equipment also includes electric tilt slide sunroof/mirrors/windows, front fog lamps, cruise control, 6 spoke alloys (with alloy spare), auto-dimming rear-view mirror and compass. The little touch which I felt nice was, in the boot, a luggage net is included stopping your suitcases rolling around. As an optional extra...

kakuenmo 12.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Hyundai Tucson

7-seat Santa Fe-- a 4x4 that doesn't drink fuel!

Advantages: Lovely to drive, looks great and reasonable fuel efficiency.
Disadvantages: Hard to manoeuvre in the dark.

..., the reversing lights are perhaps not strong enough. For a diesel engine it is quite refined and not at all noisey. What I particularly like with Hyundai cars is that the spec level is good, you don't have to pay for every little extra. This model has everything I would expect, roofbars, luggage net,cruise control heated windows etc. They also come with a 5 year warranty and if the experience with my previous car is anything to go by they do seem good at honouring it! There were several reasons why we chose this over a lot of other 4x4s on the market. These vehicles are competitively priced compared to others of a similar class. I have had this one a year so bought it just before used car prices fell (isn't that typical?), it was 9 months old and cost £15,000. It has a huge towing capacity of 2.2 tonnes although I would only ever tow up to...

Meggysmum 11.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 CRTD 7 seat

4x4 Evolution

Advantages: many
Disadvantages: few

...4x4 Evolution, hasn't really evolved at all from the old style of 4x4 trucking games, although it has a superb start up, the game is just one long boring road, much like 4 Wheel Thunder. The developers Terminal Reality have obviously tried to add a spark of originality and innovation into the game, but unfortunately, as with many Dreamcast racing games, this one is a right bore. Boring circuits - they couldn't even be bothered to design them with interesting layouts - some will put you to sleep! The 4x4 vehicles look ok, but most handle like hyper active elephants - very hard to control, awful turning and a disappointing sensation of realism and proportion. Graphically it's ok, nothing more, nothing less - they're better than PlayStation graphics, obviously - the DC is a 128bit console, but the game just doesn't feel right - it's not...

yago82 14.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of 4x4 Evolution (PS2)

Honda 4x4

Advantages: Lots of space
Disadvantages: Would you use it to 4X4

...After driving this vehicle even though it was only for an hour i quickly found out that this car has the Honda quality that they are well known for. A estate car that has the means to go off road for some 4x4 experience but i have never seen one on a 4x4 track and would be surprised if anyone would take it on one. As you can see from the picture the car has its own image and I wouldn't no how to describe it, it looks nice as a road car but has to much for a 4x4 car where you want the car to take bangs and crunches, i would be to worried about messing up the paint job. This has excellent boot space and the back seats can be put down for extra room. The seating positions give you lots of room with ample headroom but the hand break could be in a better position. The boot door can be bad, as it swings open and could do...

lukemillo1 05.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Honda CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC

A 4x4 for All

Advantages: Easy to manoeuvre, fashionable, very economical and cheap.
Disadvantages: Lack of room in boot and not a great grip on wet tarmac.

...what to purchase. After a couple of weeks of shopping around I decided to buy a Jimny. I bought a red Jimny. ****Is the Car Economical******* The Jimny is a 16V, 1.3 size engine. At the time a 1.3 was the biggest size available for the Jimny. Being a new model, it had recently taken over the Suzuki Vitara. The Jimny is a city 4x4, which means that it does not drink Petrol like there is no tomorrow. It runs like a car on tarmac surfaces but can be used for 4x4 driving when needed. The Jimny has an extra gear stick for 4x4 driving so you can use it for two different types of driving. I personally know people who drive their Vitara's and Jimny's on very tough 4x4 courses and they cope very well. However, these people are mechanics in the day so they are good at fixing the exterior of the cars, which makes them road worthy by day...

chocolate26 09.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Suzuki Jimny 1.3

4X4 Evolution is great

Advantages: Completely modifiable 4X4 vehicles that can be changed to fit your specific needs
Disadvantages: Not enough tracks to race on

...This game is absolutly amazing! After playing the game for almost a week, I've come to the following conclusions. The Graphics are completely astounding, and really help make you feel like you're truly behind the wheel of a souped up 4X4! The SFX are great. 4X4 EVO features every type of sound imaginable, including: enviornment, skidding, acceleration, car horns, and the "thump thump crash" of driving across a sand dune at 80 MPH towards a checkpoint! One of the greatest aspects of 4X4 Evolution is the "go anywhere" style the developers approached the game with. Sure, you could follow the predesigned paths and roads, but why not experiment with all different types of routes that you can take to win the race? Driving over mountains, through forests, through streams and off bridges is a great deal of fun that really adds to...

dreadedfist 27.12.2001 · Read review
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Review of 4x4 Evolution (PS2)

My First 4x4

Advantages: Good equipment, comfy ride
Disadvantages: Running costs, electrics, spongy brakes

...eye that said I couldn?t be swayed, immediately started searching 4x4 directories for models with seven seats, but not one matched the Tonka toy image in my head. If I was going to do this I needed My First 4x4, a vehicle with big simple buttons that were easy to understand the function of, yet it needed to be almost indestructible, like my Tonka toys were. The executive in me recognised that the needs of my job meant many motorway miles would be piled onto whatever was purchased so it needed to be comfortable and well-specked, but the traditionalist in me said that if I was buying a 4x4 it needed to have a history, it needed to be capable. I wasn?t going to be accused of just doing the school run in this thing: it was going off-road under my ownership. Scouring the magazines, reading the websites, getting the brochures...

markd_uk 01.09.2004 (04.01.2005) · Read review
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Review of Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0

Heaven From a 4x4.

Advantages: Natural Wonders: Dunes, rainforest, wildlife, lakes and coast.
Disadvantages: Dingoes, too many tourists, creepy crawlies.....

...actually a stopover as a part of our flights to New Zealand! There is a nine hour time difference (ahead of London) and jet lag is bound to a problem for the first couple of days. Rest but try only to sleep during the local night-time, you should be fine within a day ot two and hopefully you will be too excited to let jetlag bother you too much! The gateway to Fraser is Hervey Bay, located on the mainland to the South-Western tip of the Island where the straight is thinnest. Hervey Bay is a small town, pleasant enough, but you wouldn't go there if the ferry terminal wasn't here. It has everything you could possibly need for your excursion to the island and more and is packed with bars, restaurants, shops and hostels catering for all the tourists who flock through here. In my opinion the best way to experience the island is in a 4x...

nickyturnill 05.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Fraser Island (Australia)